Good Morning from what was supposed to be a beautiful sunny
day in London.

Perfect for a spot of cricket How apt it would have been for Aaj Tak's first
one day international. It wouldn't be London if I didn't talk about the
weather. What it does show is that UK and India are united by more than
just cricket and curry, also by met departments with not so accurate
predictions.

Weather aside, with great pleasure I introduce this
special London edition of Salaam Cricket timed with the much awaited
Champions Trophy.

Which many say is the hardest cricket tournament in the world. Even bigger and more difficult than the World Cup,
because it has only the world's top 8 teams fighting for the honours.

A tournament of this stature needs a battery of experts and players to
deconstruct it. Understand it and make sense of it for fans like you and me.

So we at India Today and Aaj Tak have arranged an
unparalleled gathering of champions in London to do just that. Each of
our speakers today is a luminary and a legend in the world of cricket.
They have been there and done ALL that.

Made records and Smashed
them, Won World Cups and Champions trophies, led teams and nurtured
young talent and made their countries very very proud.

Here at Salaam
Cricket we present to you the view from the inside.

Frank chats on What it is really like to play a tournament this big. What it
will take Virat to lead India in a match against Pakistan with tensions
so high at the border. How do you bowl to Steve Smith or play against
Ben stokes.

Our event today with a finale of 11 of the greatest
captains from around the world promises to be almost as exciting as the
much awaited finale of the champions trophy.

But here We get to
play umpire. It's a real honour.

Let the games begin and May the best
team win.

May I please call on stage my colleague Sweta Singh to begin
the first session.

Eleven former captains, Five Members of Champions Trophy Winning Teams and
other superstars of the game will converge at the largest Cricket event being
held just before the start of the ICC Champions Trophy.

India's No. 1 Hindi news channel -- Aaj Tak -- is bringing the legends of
cricket together on a mega cricket platform -- Aaj Tak SALAAM CRICKET 2017 on
May 31 at London Business School in London to brainstorm and predict the
winner of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2017. The 8th edition of the
elite cricket tournament, second in importance only to the Cricket World Cup
is scheduled to start on June 1, 2017 in England. Eleven former captains,
Five Members of Champions Trophy Winning Teams and other superstars of the
game will converge at the largest Cricket event being held just before the
start of the tournament.

Prominent names from cricket world would
include: Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Shane Warne, Michael Clarke, Nasser
Hussain, Graeme Smith, Kumar Sangakkara and Brendon McCullum. Legends Like
these are now in London at Salaam Cricket 17'.

The day will start
with the session -- Master Stroke by Sunil Gavaskar, Former Captain &
Member of the World Cup Winning Indian Team. This will be followed by a
session by Australian Cricket Legend Shane Warne - Wow Warne!

Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith, former England
skipper Nasser Hussain, former Pakistan captains Rameez Raja, Aamer Sohail
and former Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar will also speak at the event
alongside Ganguly, Warne, Clarke and Azharuddin.

There will be a
big clash between India and Pakistan before the match on June 4 as captains
Kapil Dev, Sourav Ganguly, Mohammad Azharuddin, Rameez Raja and Aamer Sohail
clash off the field in the session Superhit Muqabla-Indo-Pak Captains.

The cricket conference will be an all-day affair and it would be a
chance for cricket aficionados to listen to some of the most well respected
minds in the game.

Sourav Ganguly, Shane Warne, Michael Clarke and Mohammad Azharuddin will be among a host of other cricket legends at the Aaj Tak Salaam Cricket
2017 to be held at the Nuffield Hall, London Business School in London
on Wednesday, May 31.

Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith,
former England skipper Nasser Hussain, former Pakistan captains Rameez
Raja and Amir Sohail and former Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar will
also speak at the event alongside Ganguly, Warne, Clarke and Azharuddin.

Some of the greatest names in cricket will assemble under one roof to speak
on various topics related to the game at the Aaj Tak Salaam Cricket 2017 event, on the eve of the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy
between hosts England and Bangladesh.

The cricket conference will be an all-day affair and it would be a chance for cricket aficionados
to listen to some of the most well respected minds in the game.

The batsmen to be present at the cricket conference have a total of 69,864
Test runs among them while Warne, the greatest leg - spinner in history, has 708 Test wickets and has been entangled in several interesting
battles with Sachin Tendulkar over the years.

Here is the full
schedule:

May 31, 2017 - London

10:00 hrs:
Opening Address

10:15 - 11:00 hrs: Veeru Vs. Sehwag

Speaker: Virender Sehwag, Former Captain, India & Member, World Cup
Winning Indian Team

11 former captains, 5 members of Champions Trophy winning teams and other
superstars of the game share laughs, experience and insights at the largest
cricket event being hosted just a day before the start of the Champions
Trophy.